Drew suffered a gruesome season-ending right ankle injury July 20 last year when he slid into home against the Brewers and had his spikes caught in the dirt.

The D-backs have studiously avoided putting a timetable on Drew's return. Gibson was asked if the team was getting closer to seeing a date for his return.

"I don't know that we're seeing the end to it," Gibson said. "We're getting closer. We can't put a date on it. He's going to play nine innings. You can't really predict how he's going to come out of that."